• TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16 days ago

    Just a suit and tie, innit?

    I mean, dude’s cool but it feels a bit like hero worship to think he’s a fashion icon too

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      I used to think that until I got a freelance gig for a custom dress shirt company. The cut of the suit and the shirt make a difference.

      For example, a button-down collar is more working class since they’d be in situations where the collar could pop up. This makes it more casual than a collar with stays.

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        16 days ago

        Not gonna lie, I work a working-class job, I wear clothes at work that’ll get wrecked in my job and different clothes, more fun and flashy clothes in my private life.

        This entire outfit reads as a suit and tie. I ain’t gonna look at those little details, I already know it’s a suit and tie. It’s a uniform for certain professionals and that’s about it. It’s not fashionable or unfashionable. It’s not interesting or good looking, it’s just work clothes for other jobs.

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          This sort of stuff goes way back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries when folks wore shirts with collars on them even when they were shoveling shit.

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          15 days ago

          I totally agree that it just looks like a suit and tie when he’s the only one in the photo. I don’t know enough to appreciate the details, but if you put someone in something very nicely tailored (but not the stupid skinny short suits) next to Trump’s baggy bullshit, one looks put-together and one looks like a kid wearing his older brothers suit to a funeral. Sure, body shape is a bit of it, but a good suit and a good tailor can make a huge difference- it’s about looking like your clothes fit, not just about looking trim.

          • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            15 days ago

            Having clothes that fit you properly is important. The rest just kinda feels like the business card scene from American Psycho

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              15 days ago

              That is exactly how I feel when I start oogling at the largeness of the wales on corduroy or the size of the collar on a shirt 🤣

              I don’t know why people keep down voting your comments; you are completely correct

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            15 days ago

            You are right but I also want to shout out the importance of knowing how to do baggy right. A wide pant leg can look spectacular, and a billowing shirt body puffing out of the top of your pants can too. The drape and body of the fabrics involved really matter for this.

            I should make some posts about good baggy soon. I’d compare with bad baggy but people don’t seem to like negative posts much around here

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      16 days ago

      I had been looking for some good oxford button down pics that don’t come from 20 years ago and found this specific photograph. The devil is in the details as they say, his outfit has the little details done really well. It isn’t really high fashion unless you are a nerd about clothes.

      Not hero worship; a different pic of him would not do.

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      16 days ago

      Its a Casio a1000, they’re real pretty and actually have a metal case and glass crystal. The “dial” is white mother of pearl

      Its a dressed up version of a fairly humble watch which is fun. I just wish Casio would make more metal case watches that aren’t trying to be dressy. I like the obnoxious, retro text all over the dial with graphics and color advertising the features of the watch lol. I dunno why I find it so charming but I do

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    16 days ago

    I think the knot is a reverse four-in-hand given it’s narrow symmetrical profile.

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    15 days ago

    Is he married? If so, I’m jealous of his wife. She has a husband who is sexy on so many levels.

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